Telehealth, Telemedicine, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) telehealth management may improve initial and chronic care access, time to diagnosis and treatment, between-visit care, e-communications and e-education, workflows, costs, and therapy outcomes. OSA telehealth options may be used to replace or supplement none, some, or all steps in the evaluation, testing, treatments, and management of OSA. All telehealth steps must adhere to OSA guidelines. OSA telehealth may be adapted for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and non-CPAP treatments. E-data collection enhances uses for individual and group analytics, phenotyping, testing and treatment selections, high-risk identification and targeted support, and comparative and multispecialty therapy studies.

Keywords: Electronic health record (EHR); Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); Patient-reported outcomes (PROs); Remote patient monitoring (RPM); Telehealth; Telemedicine; Telemonitoring; e-consult.